Improvement in harness-names



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SETH Gr. TUFTS, OF MAINEVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-HAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 67,379, dated'July 30, 1867.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, S. G. TUFTS, of Maineville, Warren county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Haines for -Harness; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying' di'awings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the lower part of a hame to which my improvements have been attached. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe same, taken through the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

M y invention has for its object to strengthen the hanne at its lower end. and to so construct the haine-tug hook that the haineftug'may be readily attached and detached when required, and that it will at the saine time hold the said haine-tug securely in place 5 and it consists in forming the strap that strengthens the lower ends ofthe haine with side flanges, and in the combination of a stop or movable piece with the open haine-tug hook, the whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the hame, about the construction of which there is nothing new.

B is the strap attached to the lower end of the haine to strengthen it, and upon which is formed, or to which is attached, the eye for the strap by which the lower ends of the hames are secured to each other and to the collar. Upon the edges of the strap B are formed anges b', overlapping the sides of the hanie B and fitting into grooves in the sides of the said haine, so that their outer sides or surfaces may be iiush with the sides of the hame, as shown in Fig. 2. This construction of the strap B strengthens the hame and enables it to be made of straight timber, if desired or necessary.

O is the hanie-tug hook, which is securely riveted to the side ofthe haine A, and to which is also attached the breaststrap ring D, as shown in Fig. l. The hook O is made open, and upon the upper edge of the part of the hook that is attached to the haine A is formed a curved notch or recess, in which is secured a stop or "piece, E, by a screw passing through the lsaid piece and screwing into the hame A in such a way that the said piece or stop, by loosening the said screw, may be turned back to allow the haine-tug to be hooked upon or unhooked from the said hook. W'hen the stop E is moved forward so that its projecting end may coincide with the end of the hook O, it will be impossible for the hainetug to become unhooked or for the reins or any other part of the harness to catch upon the end or point of the said hook.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The strip B, provided with flanges b', overlapping the sides of the haine A and fitting into grooves in the sides thereof, so that their outer sides shall be iiush with the sides of said haine, as herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the strap-piece E with the open haine tug-hook O and with the haine A, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 18th day of March, 1867. SETE G. TUFTS.

Witnesses:

FRANK STEVENS, JAMES CoA'rEs. 

